I SEE volunteers with donation cans in hand asking shoppers to spare some change.

I see public relief agencies asking for financial help to support their efforts in bringing aid to the communities they serve.

I see local non-profit organizations scraping by on meager budgets, struggling to assist the elderly, the sick and the poor.

I see our city government straining to provide essential services on a bare-bones budget, stripped of revenue resources taken by the state because their federal funding has been dramatically cut.

I see roadways crumbling, school buildings rotting, libraries closing, public safety programs, medical care, child care and senior programs eliminated, and thousands upon thousands of our citizens in Louisiana and Mississippi still homeless and seeking assistance from our government six months after devastating natural disasters.

I see President Bush ask for $91 billion, on top of the $300 billion already wasted for his war that could have done miraculous things for our citizens, our economy and our country.

I see our great country being gutted by the most inept, corrupt and criminal administration in the history of the United States of America.

I see no end in sight. Are we blind?

Douglas A. Tinney

Fremont

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